Word: coast
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Turow's life at the moment is hectic. As a lawyer, he is representing clients in what he delicately describes as "three grand-jury matters" that will occupy some of his attention as he sets off on a coast-to-coast publicity tour for his new novel. Why not simply stay at home and take care of business? "Since I've taken money for this project, I owe all the people who have an investment...
When pressed, however, MacCready credits daydreaming for much of his success. As an example, he cites a month-long vacation in the summer of 1976, when he, his wife Judy and their three young sons drove 7,000 miles from California to the East Coast and back again. Rolling along in the family van, away from work, MacCready let his mind wander...
...Justice Department still will not say what prompted its investigation, but many observers speculate that the unprecedented high coast of education drew public scrutiny to the schools' financial practices, some of which were of dubious legality. For instance, experts agreed that the practice of sharing financial aid information in so-called overlap groups, in an effort to offer similar financial aid packages to the same students, could amount to illegal collusion...
...People have been just a phone call away, even during the busiest times of the day, even on the West Coast," Rogers added...
...dusk last Monday, Norma Corona Sapienz, 38, president of the State Commission for the Defense of Human Rights in Culiacan, on Mexico's Pacific Coast, was driving home from work when three men in a pickup blocked her path. She tried to flee on foot. Suddenly gunfire rang out, and five bullets tore through the prominent attorney's back, killing her instantly...